Effective Feline Health Care;Strategies For The Cat Friendly Vet

The basic health checks many cat vets miss (and why it matters)

I'm a great believer in Occam's Razor. Simply put, one should adopt the simplest approach as it will most likely provide you the best understanding of a presenting case. Another way of saying it is to Keep It Simple Sam! So - it is with that in mind that I ALWAYS start with basic checkups...

Despite the vital importance of basic checks for assessing feline health, I am staggered by the number of students and even established vets I work with who bypass these basic revealing steps.

In the end, the result is lose-lose because the cat, the owner and you, the vet, miss out because you can end up not building a relationship with the cat that enables you to easily discover problems or spot possible preventative measures.

And all this in an environment when the cat can quickly get distressed. If you are developing a feline friendly practice you really need to be doing them!

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Begin a feline health check before your exam

Before you get the cat out of the carrier, you should have everything you think you will want ready to go. Hanging around and putting cats in and out of carriers just makes the cat cranky.

Always be ready before starting.

Always be ready before starting.

Adopting Feline Friendly Practice processes and attitudes have created a 5% increase in turnover, with little or no increase in expenditure. Take notice of these simple steps and get the benefits.

Having everything ready keeps you calm and organised, the cat calm and responsive (with more stable results) and the owner confident that you know what you are doing.

Many vets and nursing staff do not enjoy working with pet cats and, performing Cystocentesis(collecting urine) can be challenging and protracted. Using the wrong gauge needles can make it even worse for you and the cat. In this video, I outline the needles to use to make that part of the process simpler.

4. Collecting feline blood samples

Every cat has blood. (Yes! It's true) But every furry feline comes in different shapes and sizes, packets and colours so you need more than one type of needle for collecting blood. Unfortunately, as I explain in the video above, suppliers can almost try and force you to use a particular size needle determined by the tube size they supply. This forces you to collect more blood than is necessary, often from the jugular vein and the result can be very Feline UNfriendly!